As eric_h said in his thread, here's an opportunity to ask one of the newest Staff (me) questions so you can get to know me a little better. I promise that no more than 17% of answers will be fabrications.

It depends on which OS they're using. My understanding is that iMan does have DreamtimeTM as a standard feature, but the Windows' Robohuman doesn't. And of course, Linux-based androids are fully customizable.

Unless you're talking about the Android/Droid phone, in which case it depends on whether or not they've downloaded the ThunderWool app.

Moderated expansion, along the lines that we have now, wherein people have to undergo a screening process in order to contribute. Moving to the new site is an excellent start, as it allows us a greater degree of control over the core behind-the-scenes functioning as well as freeing us from the threat of an outside agency (wikidot) to summarily delete us without warning. There are a lot of people creating secondary material without direction involvement with or from the wiki (the various games & merchandising) and I think that we would be well served to reach out to them and incorporate them into the fold in some fashion. Not co-opt, but give them a stamp of approval and an opportunity to get input from the people creating their source material. Plus, I do think that we need to create a store at some point, if for no other reason than to stave off the other ones that are stealing material without attribution.

Right now, I want to see a successful transition to the new site. I feel that major changes to policy are largely premature until that's happened, because the structure of the new site will change the dynamics that policy affects and monitors.

Well, apparently I'm considered to give good advice and be fairly friendly and approachable. I've also been a member of the wiki for over 3 years now (since before the Mass Edit) and have a lot of sense of the history of the site and its culture, even though I didn't participate in it for quite a while (even though I technically joined 3 years ago, I didn't realize I'd been accepted for quite a while and just lurked).

As I said, I think that we need to set up our own store (which, yes, will open up a whole host of other concerns and problems). For one thing, it'll allow us to control the quality of goods offered, as well as more readily react to audience demand. For another, it'll provide a nice income stream to pay for hosting costs for the new site. For a third, it'll give us stronger grounds to challenge any outside merchandisers, since we'll be able to point to the Official Store and be able to say that they're plagiarizing.

I abstain on this question. I don't know enough about the various legal issues involved to give a credible response.

I think a store would be a good income source for potential legal fees, as stated previously. And see my response in O5 for what I think the store should look like, so as to avoid legal situations involving it. As for funds for the site move, I think it would depend on the exact amount. A fund drive wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, especially if we can specify exactly how much we need rather than leaving it open-ended.

Jimmy Hoffa, Francis Ford Coppola, Amelia Earhardt, Pope John Paul II, and Mao Tze Tung. Osama bin Laden almost made the list, but those incompetents dumped his body instead of bringing it in for analysis.

I don't really have one. I like various aspects of various ones, but I also recognize that I wouldn't've survived very long in any time period before, oh, the last 50-75 years in Western society.

I like mindfuck SCPs, especially ones that directly impact cognition. Not being able to trust your own thinking is a big fear of mine, and one I live with every day.

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I actually don't think that vote inflation is that big a deal (although I don't get why certain SCPs are so popular). My concern is with vote volatility, wherein some non-new article suddenly becomes the focus of a mass of people and its overall vote tally swings wildly in one direction or the other in an incredibly short time. It seems that a lot of the time, those masses are composed of mostly new members who don't YET necessarily have a great idea of what makes a good article. Too much knee-jerk dismissiveness or fanboying, basically. They'll learn as they immerse themselves in site culture, though. I do think that it's worthwhile for people to periodically go back and read articles that they already had and see whether they've changed their mind about their vote over time.

I find some memes annoying (Shark Punching Center and pulls from atrocibad articles like Jester or "consult an alchemist"), but overall I think that the memes are fairly harmless in-jokes. I did like Steve, and Dr. King's apple seeds are cute.

Baked apples with vanilla ice cream and a berry sauce drizzle, all homemade. And yes, I've made and eaten that before.

A "mobile" version. Not necessarily an app, but something that would let you more easily read the site on a smartphone.

Tie between World War Z and Carpe Jugulum

Don't really think about it, although I do find deconstructionism to be largely self-absorbed and masturbatory.

As a bear of taste, how do you feel about the police persecution of bears in some districts?

If a swat team busted into your room while you were napping, and someone left the TV on a random channel, what would be the show you would hate the most to be on the tube while men with rifles are yelling at you?

That… is a disturbingly specific question. Almost like you're… planning something…
But hmm. If we're talking only about shows that I actually watch, probably "RuPaul's Drag Race". Bitchy drag queens in the background of a SWAT bust makes everything more stressful. If we're talking about ANY show… that Honey Boo Boo one? "Jersey Shore"? One of those godawful "Real Housewives of [CITY]" shows? That show with the Kardashians? Basically, any "reality" show that I've never seen, but somehow the "stars" have permeated popular culture to the point that I know who they are anyway and loathe them all.

Although I've tried a variety of cheeses, most were only once or twice, so I don't really have much experience. That being said, I personally find that cheddar (preferably sharp or extra-sharp) is the most versatile for when I'm cooking dishes that need cheese.

Everything I've posted that's still here is something I am (or was) happy with at the time. I've become frustrated with one of my early works, but that's because of the shitstorm of controversy that erupted over it. So yeah, anything I wasn't happy with ISN'T on the site any more.

Not really. We have a pretty fool-proof feedback & quality control system here and even though there are some articles that I personally don't like, there aren't really that I would say have degraded the quality of the site. None that have survived, anyway.

Make me Lord God Supreme and have everyone bow to My Will.

Eh, I don't really have an opinion on it one way or the other. I mean, I'm glad that it spawned what it did, but the actual contents don't really arouse any strong feeling one way or the other in me. As an aside, holy crap it's at +547.

Hell yes, I was. Well, when I was offered it, rather. I was/am flattered that they thought highly enough of me that it was offered and I was nervous during the actual vote.

Yes. I made the choice to let my fur fly free in the wind and haven't looked back.

Assuming that I knew they existed, probably terrified. Because if the Foundation (or something like it) existed, then so would all the things they have contained. And the world we've built for the Foundation is very clear that there are things out there that aren't under control by ANY of the GOIs. So those creaks and bumps in the night? Yes, they really ARE monsters coming for you. And considering how many "it looks like an innocuous item" things there are, literally anything could be something that would destroy you.